News & Culture
The Battle of January 6th Has Just Begun
Nine months after the storming of the Capitol, Trump is more popular with the G.O.P. and his Big Lie is more widely believed.
By Susan B. Glasser
The Inconsistency of American Feminism in the Muslim World
For women in the Middle East and beyond, the U.S. has been an unconvincing liberator.
By Megan K. Stack
The Moral Bankruptcy of Facebook
Frances Haugen hoped that her revelations would prompt a reckoning. Instead, the company has doubled down.
By Andrew Marantz
What American Christians Hear at Church
Drawing on newly ubiquitous online services, Pew has tried to catalogue the subject matter of contemporary sermons.
By Casey Cep
Puzzles & Games
Name Drop
A quiz that tests your knowledge of notable people, published every weekday.
Crossword
A thrice-weekly puzzle that ranges from lightly to considerably challenging.
Cryptic Crossword
A weekly puzzle for lovers of wily wordplay.
Caption Contest
We provide a cartoon, you provide a caption.
Spotlight
The Precious Contingencies of Immigrants
Martyna Majok’s “Sanctuary City” explores the injustices experienced by Dreamers in America.
By Vinson Cunningham
How Biden Came to Own Trump’s Policy at the Border
Haitian asylum seekers were deported under Title 42, a despised Trump-era practice that the current Administration can’t seem to let go of.
By Jonathan Blitzer
Can Nuclear Fusion Put the Brakes on Climate Change?
Amid an escalating crisis, the power source offers a dream—or a pipe dream—of limitless clean energy.
By Rivka Galchen
The Trauma of Canada’s Residential Schools
“Joe Buffalo” shows the effects of the system that separated Native children from their families.
Film by Amar Chebib
Text by Dan Greene
How Many Scandals Can Facebook Survive?
Can the social-media platform escape consequences for its potentially illegal actions?
With Dorothy Wickenden
Searching for the Descendants of Racial Terrorism
Volunteers try to track down every living relative of the victims of an 1898 coup and murder of Black North Carolinians.
By Lauren Collins
The Book Club That Helped Spark the Gay-Rights Movement
In the nineteen-fifties, the Cory Book Service quietly connected a community. Then it was forgotten.
By Michael Waters
The Ship That Became a Bomb
If a decaying supertanker stranded in Yemen’s war zone explodes or sinks, thousands may die.
By Ed Caesar
Daily Cartoon
In Focus
The Coronavirus Crisis
Coverage of the COVID-19 outbreak, from the science of vaccines to the culture of quarantine.
Racial Injustice and Policing
Black Lives Matter, police brutality, and the long history of racism in America.
Dept. of Returns
Stories of life after the vaccine.
The Future of Democracy
An exploration of democracy in America.
From This Week’s Issue
Ed Caesar on Yemen’s disaster waiting to happen , Rivka Galchen on nuclear fusion , Gary Shteyngart on his circumcision nightmare , and more.
Humor
Ugh, Dating Is So Hard These Days
When you’re an insufferable person with a bland personality.
By Meghana Indurti
Dear Pepper: Take a Seat
Ah, public transportation. Ah, travel. Ah, restaurants. Ah, friends.
By Liana Finck
Republicans Blast Facebook for Endangering Democracy
Senator Mitch McConnell defiantly declared, “That’s our job.”
By Andy Borowitz
Books to Help You Escape Reality
In “House with a Back Yard and Washer/Dryer,” a couple stumbles upon a house within their price range.
By Jiji Lee
Fiction & Poetry
“The Ghost Birds”
“As people accepted that the birds were gone for good, the Paranormal Birding Society took flight.”
By Karen Russell
Karen Russell on Ecological Crisis
The author discusses her story from the latest issue of the magazine.
By Willing Davidson